00:00:10,430	It’s 5:00. It’s August 19th, 2026, and I’d like to welcome everyone to this meeting of the Bismarck Planning and Zoning Commission. And with that, I’m going to call the meeting to order and ask Sarah to call roll. Commissioner Bitner Johnson here. Schell here. Schmitz Sivak. Swanson here. Taylor here. Wangler here. Chair.

00:00:39,730	Schwartz here. Thank you. With that, we’ll move on to the first item in our agenda this evening, which is approval of the meeting minutes from our July 22nd meeting. Commissioners, what are your wishes? Move to approve. We have a motion to approve from Commissioner Johnson. Second and a second from Commissioner Sivak.

00:01:04,530	Any discussion? Not seeing or hearing any with that. Sarah, would you please call the roll? Commissioner Taylor? Yes. Johnson. Yes. Wangler. Yes. Schell. Yes. Sivak. Yes. Swanson. Yes. Schwartz. Yes. Motion is approved. With that, we’ll move on to the public comment portion of our meeting. And once again, as always, the rules for this are.

00:01:25,700	You may step to the podium once the public comment period is opened. You may address any item that was on last month’s agenda or anything on this agenda this evening that does not have a public hearing.

00:01:48,870	So with that, I will open up the public public hearing portion of this meeting and ask if anybody would care to step to the podium. I’ll call a second time. And a third and final time. With that, I’m going to close the public comment portion of this meeting. Thank you. With that, we’ll move on to our consent agenda this evening. And there is only one item on our consent agenda.

00:02:15,900	It is Paradise Commercial Center Edition. Uh, it is a request for a completely complete plat, and staff recommends approval. Uh, commissioners, what are your wishes for the consent agenda? I would. Make a motion to accept as presented. We have a motion from Commissioner Wangler to accept second. We have a second from Commissioner Swanson. Any additional discussion? Commissioner Schell.

00:02:55,870	Thank you. Chair. Schwartz. I think it might be beneficial for staff, maybe just to kind of walk through how this is the one of the first plats, if not the first plat going through the new ordinance path. Maybe if that can just be addressed just so all the commissioners are aware of that, that’d be great.

00:03:10,870	All right. Daniel? Sure. Chair Schwartz. Thank you, Commissioner Schell, for bringing it up. And so, yeah, this is we’re in a in an interim phase right now. As you know, the land code was adopted in May. However, it becomes effective in October. Anyone may opt in at this stage.

00:03:27,430	So this I think this is the first preliminary plat that has gone through this process in this way. It goes on the consent agenda because there is no zoning change associated with this one. The commercial district was already in place with the underlying Paradise Valley subdivision.

00:03:43,030	And so if it were to go through on the consent agenda here, it goes directly to the City Commission, also in their consent agenda as the preliminary plat and then the final plot is reviewed by staff.

00:03:56,770	And so the purpose is that you would be looking at the the items that would be relevant to the planning and zoning Commission, to the general public, and also the city Commission would do the same. And a lot of the technical details would be worked on with staff in a final plat process. Okay. Thank you. Commissioners, do you have questions for Daniel regarding this? Okay. Thank you Daniel. Appreciate it.

00:04:13,670	We have a motion to approve on the table. Any additional discussion. And I’m not seeing or hearing any with that. Sarah, would you please call roll? Commissioner Sivak. Yes. Johnson. Yes. Swanson. Yes. Taylor. Yes. Wangler. Yes. Schell. Yes. Schwartz. Yes. A motion is approved. With that, we will move on to our regular agenda this evening.

00:04:36,770	And the first item, item A, on our regular agenda is Cottage Grove Edition. And Isaac is going to provide us with staff briefing. Yes. Thank you.

00:04:54,430	Chair Schwartz and commissioners, this first regular agenda item for us tonight comes to us from Bold Property Group, LLC, who request approval of a zoning map amendment from the existing R5 residential zoning district to an A plan overlay district or Pod on the new Land Development Code zoning district of R. S residential, suburban, as well as the major subdivision final plat titled Cottage Grove Edition.

00:05:16,900	Uh, the project, as you can see on the screens there, is located in northwest Bismarck, west of North Washington Street, a little ways on the north side of Buckskin Avenue. Uh, if we go to the next slide here, the project area consists of about 2.36 acres and is a re plat of lot A of lot three, block two K estates.

00:05:38,770	The reason this might look a little funky is that we reoriented the, uh, document that was in your staff report as an attachment so that North was facing upwards. So the same direction you would typically see on a map.

00:05:58,100	But this project is currently one parcel, and the applicant intends to use the old or existing major plat process to create a 13 lot in two block subdivision, and the applicant wishes to use this, uh, along with the zoning change to facilitate the development of single family detached homes. 2 or 3 units wide. Sometimes the twos are known as twin homes, of course, as well as one detached single family home on one of the lots as well.

00:06:14,870	Um, adjacent uses to this particular area include single family dwellings to the west, two family dwellings to the north and south, as you can see there, and then to the east. There is one single family dwelling, as well as a little further to the east, a parking lot for a church.

00:06:31,100	Uh, the plot area is identified as urban neighborhood. In the future land use plan, which are generally described as places for quiet enjoyment of home life. So a little more backstory on the zoning portion, specifically on this.

00:06:50,670	Uh, you considered this project the preliminary plat and the zoning change back on February 25th, 2026, and called for a public hearing on the plat and zoning change where the applicant was originally requesting a planned unit development or d. Well, clearly between February and now, some time has passed.

00:07:09,730	And in that in between, the city adopted the new zoning code in May of 2026 so that new zoning code would call this area R. S the whole area. That would call it as SES. Uh, the standard R. S zoning district. And that district would facilitate most of what the applicant wants to do.

00:07:28,230	Um, this particular district would fit the SES, would fit the number of units, the style of units, the setbacks, all of that. But the one aspect of the standard R. S zoning district that the proposed development would not fit into is lot coverage of buildings. The SES would typically permit a 40% lot coverage, the same as the existing R ten zoning district in other parts of town.

00:07:46,900	Um, but this particular development proposes a higher lot coverage for some of those units. So the applicant is now utilizing the new plan overlay district, which is the rough equivalent of a PUD in the new code, where rather than using a PUD to customize everything, the pod says, we’re going to keep

00:08:06,870	everything the same X on on the base district, except for something that might need to be adjusted. So in this particular case, everything is staying the same as the regular SES district, except those lot coverage standards will be adjusted upward in the request.

00:08:25,500	Functionally speaking, nothing the applicant is proposing, uh, from their original plan to now has changed. This is just a procedural change for how staff will handle these moving forward.

00:08:42,970	The the new LDC in this pod process it gets the same thing done, but it’s a little more streamlined and is a little easier to amend in the future if amendments need to happen. So, uh, in this particular case, the development, uh, has an approved stormwater management plan, and therefore that is why staff is comfortable using the Pod process to permit that higher lot coverage, in the same way that we would be comfortable recommending approval of a p ud in prior years.

00:09:01,770	So the public was identified notified of this request via our standard notification process. Publications in the Bismarck Tribune on August 6th and 13th, uh 67 postcards were mailed to owners of nearby properties. On August 7th, and additionally, a physical sign providing information on the public hearing was placed in a publicly accessible spot at the project location on August 3rd.

00:09:24,070	I believe we have received as staff for inquiries from the public on this request, asking questions and then once staff answered their questions. I am not aware of any comments being received either from them or from other members of the public.

00:09:43,030	Uh, so as a result, uh, cumulative result of all the findings contained in the staff report, city of Bismarck staff find that the proposed major subdivision, final plat and zoning map amendment would not adversely impact public health, safety and general welfare and that it is generally consistent with the Comprehensive Plan Bismarck Code of Ordinances and relevant state law.

00:10:02,630	Therefore, staff recommends approval of the zoning map amendments from the existing R5 residential zoning district to a plan overlay district or Pod on the new Land Development Code zoning district of SES, residential, suburban, and approval of the major subdivision final plat titled Cottage Grove Edition. Does the Commission have any questions for me? Commissioners questions for Isaac.

00:10:27,230	Commissioner Johnson, is the Caspian Court. Is that a private road or is that going to be a city right away? Commissioner Johnson, Sheriff Schwartz and commissioners, that is a public right of way. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner Johnson. Commissioners, additional questions for Isaac. I’m not seeing or hearing any Isaac. Thank you. With that.

00:10:46,930	This is a public hearing. I will open the public hearing will either the requester or a representative be available to speak to this agenda item? And if you would please introduce yourself and add your name to the log. Sounds good. Thank you. My name is Paige Danner.

00:11:11,000	I am affiliated with Bold Property Group and also the builder of Mission Homes Bismarck. That’s going to be doing the developing of this project. Um, I want to thank everybody for helping us go through the process of this.

00:11:28,030	I know it’s been kind of a journey with this, but just wanted to thank everybody and Isaac, especially for going through the process with us, too. Um, but I agree with everything that was said and want to open it up for questions. Commissioners, questions for Paige. I have a question for you. And it’s just merely a curiosity thing. Yeah.

00:11:54,770	How many lots in there? Um, do you exceed the coverage on that you need, uh, a pod to handle it. Harvey, do you do you remember? Was it one? Just one? Just one. Okay. All right. I was just just curious, all right. Again, commissioners, I’ll ask, do you have any questions for Paige? Thank you. Chair.

00:12:16,130	Maybe just for for the record, can you speak to the lot that it will be encumbered by the stormwater easement and what the plan will be for that lot in the future? Yeah, absolutely. That’s the one single family property that we will have on the on the subdivision. Um, when buckskin will be eventually developed. Of course, that detainment pond will go away.

00:12:37,830	So when that happens, the plan is to build a single family dwelling on on that lot. And maybe the follow up. I know we in previous instances and I don’t think it got into the staff report here, we would require typically a petition from those adjacent landowners to participate financially in the approval of of Buckskin

00:12:54,600	Avenue or those sort of things. If that’s something that you would be willing to you or the owner would be willing to participate in. Yep. I actually did turn that agreement into Linda here just yesterday. So thank you. Very much. You’re welcome. Thank you Commissioner.

00:13:09,430	So with that commissioners, again, I’ll ask question. Any additional questions for Paige. And I’m not seeing or hearing any Paige. Thank you. Sounds good. Appreciate it. Thank you guys. With that the podium is open for others that would care to address this agenda item. And sir, if you’d add your name to the log there and introduce yourself, that would.

00:13:41,770	Be my name is Robert Shaw. I am the gentleman that lives directly to the right of this development. Um, you did answer the one question about a storm collection. I guess my question is which lot and where is it going to drain to? I’m assuming it is going to drain on to our property.

00:14:00,500	We already have this 55 and older development to the south of us that has a big and I will say a slew there to collect water. It has turned my property into swamp land that used to be absolutely dry.

00:14:18,370	Now I will tell you everything from the north side of my house to the road is always wet. It used to be dry all the time. It has turned out into swamp. Every time there’s a rain, there’s all this slop comes through. In the past we’d have. For instance, last year we had five inches of rain and an hour later all the water would be done.

00:14:38,970	Now there’s water from that slough drops through. It runs through for 3 to 4 days, soaking my area. I can’t even put in a fence post and tamp it properly because that’s such such water in that ground. And now we’re going to add one more collection pond.

00:14:55,570	I’m assuming that will also run on to my property. So I guess I have no problem with the development. But that part I do have a problem with. Okay. Okay, that’s all I have to say. Thank you. Okay. Thank you Robert. With that, I would ask page if you’re available.

00:15:26,570	Is that a question that can be answered? Evening, commissioners I’m Harvey with Tolman Engineering I believe is down here. Show you what’s going on. Okay, sir. You said your name was Harvey. Harvey. Thank you. Later, Harvey. Thank you. What we’re looking here is the overall plan. And this is the area where the detention pond is going in. Right here. This is, uh.

00:16:02,870	Buckskin out here going east and all of the water. This is in accordance with the stormwater plan. All of the water from the lots drain onto or onto the new street. And each house on both sides drain out and everything runs into the pond. And from the pond and discharges into the.

00:16:29,070	Buckskin Ditch, which will take it out to Washington Street. When buckskin is improved, they’ll be running a storm sewer system, and they’ll be putting in catch basins to pick up the water. Coming out of this project, there’s there’s a a small area.

00:16:52,970	The majority of the water on the lot drains to the north east. At present, we’re changing the drainage to bring it in. There’s a little bit on the back side on this side that drains to the adjacent property, but everything else from all of the units drain onto the street and discharge into the pond, which discharges into the ditch section. So any questions, commissioners. Questions. Commissioner Schell.

00:17:22,400	Maybe I’ll just address one piece of this. We in our ordinances, we don’t have a volume control for stormwater. So as we get more impervious area, obviously that concrete, that driveway, that asphalt road, that asphalt shingles won’t allow as much water to drain or to to be absorbed into

00:17:40,670	the ground. So our, our control mechanism is always on rate. So we want to make sure that we’re not impacting downstream a pipe that can’t handle the amount or the, the speed at the water is coming through the rate. But we don’t have controls in place for volume.

00:17:55,130	So we allow we recognize there’s going to be more volume runoff through here. So the gentleman that spoke earlier recognized that that additional volume is a real thing.

00:18:08,530	And if there is a pond similar to the the other one that’s already in this area, it will take time for that pond to drain out, which means that that water that some of those downstream areas may be, you know, wet for longer. But that’s kind of the trade off that we have. And so I understand your concern, sir.

00:18:21,630	And as part of the urbanization of Buckskin Avenue and in the future, um, as Harvey mentioned, we would look to bring storm sewer up to this area so that we can just discharge that down to Washington Street and not have it leave any of the public rights of ways in the future. But in the interim, there will be a rate control in place. But the volume control really isn’t a concept that we have in our ordinance currently.

00:18:36,600	Thank you. Commissioner Schell. Robert, did that help? To answer your question, you have one more question. All right. Harvey, are you done? Yes. All right. Thank you.

00:19:07,570	I guess my other question was, does this include the, um, regrading of the entire Buckskin Avenue street? Because I know buckskin is designed to go down considerably when that’s redone, I know in front of my property right now, the manholes are 41in below the dirt below that, because eventually, from the beginning of their development to Washington will be a straight line. Right now, there’s a hill. So I guess is this part of this development? Sure.

00:19:27,430	I can I can take a stab at that. Uh, when the city puts infrastructure in, whether it’s a water main or a sewer main, we try to establish a future grade of what we believe that road will have. So a preliminary grade for Buckskin Avenue has been developed.

00:19:43,300	And as areas, um, develop or approaches are connected to the road, we try to take that into account. Ultimately, the final grade of Buckskin Avenue won’t be known until that project is initialized and kicked off and designed fully and ultimately constructed.

00:19:58,500	But we have plans where we’d like to see those roadways, and then we we try to follow those plans as well as we can. This particular project won’t trigger the reconstruction of buckskin. That would be a separate activity that the city would propose at some future date. Okay.

00:20:13,770	That was that was what I wanted to know because I better start saving because I have a lot of property there that I have to pay for. Okay. Thank you. If I can maybe add one more thing. Buckskin Avenue was or is on the, um, voter approved list project list from the June election to that can be used to have the half cent sales tax that’s used for roadway construction and reconstruction.

00:20:35,270	Um, I guess buckskin would be eligible to use some of those funding. So this is a project that is probably more shorter term than longer term based on project needs and the issues that are on buckskin, Arabian, Colt, all of those roadways, they are a higher priority for the city to look into doing something.

00:20:49,170	And it wouldn’t be all special assessments. It would be majority of it through sales tax dollars from the entire community. All right. Well, I know I originally when everything to the west of us was developed, we had to pay to pave that road once.

00:21:10,370	Then the year before Washington was redone, they milled that up and they did all the underground, obviously, because they had to have that done before they could do Washington, because it all ties in. Well, now I’m looking at paying for this road to get paved a third time. So it’s starting to get to be a substantial amount of money. You know.

00:21:27,100	So anyhow, that’s why I kind of need to know some of these things too. And yes, as far as the water that we’re there draining, it is exactly the exact place as the other one comes out, which is going to really exasperate the decline of my property. Just I mean, I realized the worst.

00:21:46,230	It was the drainage wasn’t bad, but when they did the development on the other end, they pushed a lot of slop through the culverts. So now it even holds the water up from running out even more than it did. So just I guess I’m bellyaching about that, but it is what it is. But thanks for your information, Robert. Thank you for your questions and your comments.

00:22:04,300	With that, the did you have any? Okay, um, with that, the podium is open for others that would care to address this agenda item. And I’m not seeing or hearing anyone. So with that, I’m going to close the public hearing. This is a request for a zoning map amendment.

00:22:27,800	And for a major subdivision final plat. And before I ask the question, Isaac, do you have any additional comments? No additional comments. Thank you chair. Thank you Isaac. With that staff recommendation is to approve for both commissioners. What are your wishes? Move to approve. We have a motion to approve from Commissioner Swanson. A second from Commissioner Sivak commissioners.

00:22:59,230	Any additional comments or discussion? Commissioner Johnson? Uh, I’m not sure. Maybe. Commissioner Schell, you can answer this or provide some feedback, but we’re. When change in the lot coverage is going to change the volume. And you’re locking into that or we’re locking into that rate.

00:23:27,600	And, uh, originally I wasn’t as concerned with the stormwater pond there, but knowing that that’s temporary, that’s just locked in that, that increased volume is locked into the outflow from this lot permanently. Um, I’m concerned about this, this instance too.

00:23:51,730	But more where is this going to go in the future if somewhat everyone just keeps on going to, well, I like this this zoning. I comply with everything but lot coverage. Are we just going to keep on adding and adding more volume? And maybe we’re not really. I assume a lot of lot coverage has a lot to do with, uh, how much runoff we’re creating. That’s an aspect of why we would limit it.

00:24:09,830	Um, so I guess two, two thoughts or questions for I don’t know if you have any thoughts on that, Commissioner Schell, but knowing that this pond is temporary, is that a concern at all? Sure. Commissioners.

00:24:31,570	Commissioner Johnson, when North Washington Street was reconstructed, certain assumptions were made for each of the parcels at whatever the zoning was at the time. And then pipes stubbed out of Washington Street that really aren’t being used right now, with adequate capacity for for the developments that would occur.

00:24:45,500	What we’re finding now is, as these lots come on board, or the subdivision that was referenced on the south side of the road, come on board, and we don’t have the infrastructure to get to them yet. Um, our ability to, to, to bring their system, even if it’s regular zoning, not, not even talking about any excessive lot coverage components, some sort of pond is required.

00:25:01,500	And once that pond is in place, whether or not it’s, uh, 38.5% lot coverage or 39.2% lot coverage, it’s really not going to make a lot of difference in the storm sewer system design. So we have a level of comfort that when that system is designed, we take into account what the decisions have been made.

00:25:20,930	And if there’s a need to maintain some sort of stormwater, uh, pond somewhere in the system, or figure out that that angle, if there is some deficiency or some deficiency in the future that we think might present itself, we would take all of that into account when we finally build buckskin to its final state, which would be sometime in the near future. Like..

00:25:46,870	Commissioners, any additional discussion? Just one other comment. I. I can understand the gentleman’s concern about water runoff from this development. Other developments in this area, because everything is rooted looking at the contour map right through his backyard, through Century Baptist’s parking lot area, it’s it looks like there’s a lot of area that’s going straight through

00:26:11,170	there. And I’m sure this isn’t going to make it. Better. But with that stormwater retention pond, maybe maybe it does. And then once punk skin is built out, it’s not an issue anymore. So just just that comment. Thank you. Commissioner Johnson.

00:26:37,630	Commissioners, any additional comments or discussion? I’m not seeing or hearing any. There’s a motion on the table to approve. Sarah, would you please call roll.? Commissioner Johnson? Yes. Wangler. Yes. Swanson. Yes. Schell. Yes. Sivak. Yes. Taylor. Yes. And chair. Schwartz. Yes. The motion is approved. We’ll move on to item B in our regular agenda, which is William Blackstone Edition update.

00:27:04,030	And I believe Daniel is going to provide us with staff brief. Good evening. Chair Schwartz planning zoning commission. This is a request from the Planning department, and it’s for a zoning map amendment for land Development Code zoning districts from the a agricultural to the city’s residential, suburban, residential, multifamily, uh, including a plan overlay district and also the OS open

00:27:24,630	space zoning districts for William Black’s. In addition, uh, you’ll be familiar with this plat and zoning map amendment. Uh, you did approve this, already? Uh, last year. Uh, and its previous form under the old zoning districts.

00:27:47,600	Uh, the way our process works is the, uh, when this plat was approved, we hold the effectiveness of the zoning ordinance until it’s recorded. So in this particular case, it was approved prior to land development code, but it didn’t become effective until after the land development code. So I guess that’s a long way of saying it fell between the cracks.

00:28:02,500	And so we need to do a zoning map amendment now to make sure we’re assigning the new categories to, to these districts. Uh, so the categories of, of SES, um and OS and our Em are really equivalent to what was approved already by your board, by this board. Uh, the, the REM district. You’ll recall I had some conditions on it. There was some discussion during the public hearing.

00:28:22,430	Uh, the developer and neighbors all agreed on putting some conditions in terms of the height and the density of that multi-family lot. Uh, so those have been reflected in the pod that’s shown in your staff report. As I mentioned earlier, it’s very similar in nature to what we were doing before.

00:28:38,830	It’s just a different way of organizing these and making them available, uh, for the public and tracking them. So, uh, that’s, that’s the intent of that. The, um, we did follow our standard notification procedures for this. So we did put a sign up on a property in August 3rd.

00:28:56,100	Uh, letters were sent or postcards, 30 of them on August 7th. We published this in the Tribune on August 6th and 13th. So based on findings that are in in your staff report, we do recommend approval of the zoning map amendment.

00:29:12,970	Uh, for the land of Upland Code zoning districts, from a agricultural to the SES residential, suburban and OS open space zoning districts for Elkridge, fourth edition. Um, I can answer any questions you may have. Commissioners questions for Daniel. Daniel, I have one question for you. And the reason that we’re using a pod in this particular instance is just because of the one lot that is higher density.

00:29:35,170	So, uh, Commissioner Schwartz, it’s not necessarily the higher density that can be captured through the zoning district. It’s the fact that there are special conditions that were placed on that lot. So during the public hearing process, uh, the developer and you all agreed to some height restrictions and some additional zoning density restrictions.

00:29:55,100	And so the only way to really remember and apply those is to is to put them in in some form. Previously, they were in a conditional zoning district, but now we’re using the pods to capture that. Okay. So it is though, just for that one. Particular just that one lot. Okay. Very good. Thank you. Commissioners.

00:30:11,300	Any additional questions for Daniel while we have him up there? I’m not seeing you hearing any data. Thank you. With that. This is a public hearing. So I will open up the public hearing for either the requester or representative that can speak to this agenda item. And I don’t see anybody jumping up.

00:30:38,370	So with that then my next question is, with the podium open, is there anyone here that would care to address this agenda item? All right. With that, I’m going to close the public hearing. Uh, Daniel, any additional comments? No thank you, chair. All right. Thank you. Uh, commissioners, this is a zoning map amendment request, and staff recommends approval. What are your wishes? Move to approve.

00:31:08,470	We have a motion to approve from Commissioner Johnson. Second, we have a second from Commissioner Sivak. Any additional discussion? And I’m not seeing or hearing any with that. Sarah, would you please call a roll? Commissioner Schell? Yes. Johnson. Yes. Swanson. Yes. Wangler. Yes. Sivak. Yes. Taylor. Yes. Mr.. Schwartz.

00:31:37,070	Yes. A motion is approved. With that, we’ll move on to item C in our regular agenda, which is governor Pierce block 49, lots one through 24. And parts of block 56. And I believe Lauren is going to provide us with staff report on this.

00:31:56,830	Uh, good evening, Chairman Schwartz and commissioners, Bismarck Rental Properties, LLC is requesting approval of a zoning map amendment from the R.M. Residential Manufactured Housing District to the R.M. Residential Manufactured housing with a plan overlay district on lots one through 24, block 49, and part of block 56. Governor Pierce edition. The project area contains 3.

00:32:22,530	20 acres and is located in east central Bismarck, north of East Main Avenue in the northwest quadrant of the intersection of East Broadway Avenue and North 26th Street. Um, as you all are aware, the Land Development Code was adopted by the City Commission in May, and certain standards for residential, residential, manufactured home parks were reduced in an effort to bring some of those older

00:32:42,770	manufactured home parks into conformity. Despite those changes, the applicant was not able to meet certain standards with their proposed redevelopment of the site. As such, a plan overlay district was requested to facilitate revitalization of that area while still meeting the general intent of the Land Development Code.

00:33:05,230	Um, those plan overlay districts are the rough equivalent of the plan unit developments in the Land Development Code. They alter certain aspects of that base zoning district. In this case, the R.M. Residential Manufactured Housing District, while leaving all other aspects of that base zoning district the same as such as shown on the site exhibit.

00:33:27,630	Um, Daniel, can you. Thank you. So as shown on the site exhibit, which is included in your agenda packet both on street and off street parking are identified for the site to meet the minimum parking requirements. Additionally, certain transit routes are within the area to help. Uh uh provide additional transportation opportunities.

00:33:52,200	Um city staff have expressed some concerns about some of the on street parking for the site. Um, section 141402 uh does prohibit on street parking on arterial roadways. Um, as such, the required parking is not identified on North 26th Street within that site. Exhibit.

00:34:16,770	Um, since North 26th Street is an arterial, however, both on street and off street that are shown for the site are adequate to meet those minimum parking requirements in the Land Development Code. The property has been identified as community mixed Use. In the future Land Use Plan, um and the area is adjacent to retail, offices and multifamily residential to the north.

00:34:35,970	Across East Thayer Avenue. Uh, as well as multi or as well as warehouses across East Broadway Avenue and North 26th Street and Ministry on the margins across North 25th Street. The request followed the process identified in the Land Development Code. As such, the Planning and Zoning Commission does not consider this request.

00:34:57,330	Uh, prior to a public hearing, the public was notified. Still via publications within the Bismarck Tribune on August 6th and 13 and 16 postcards were mailed to the owners of nearby properties. On August 7th, a physical sign providing information on the public hearing was placed in a publicly accessible spot at the project location.

00:35:20,830	On August 3rd. Staff have received two phone calls and one in person inquiry looking for additional information about the request. Um, two of those individuals did express concerns regarding the safety or and security of that area, as well as issues with some of the wandering public in the area.

00:35:44,300	Staff did receive did not receive any formal public comments regarding this request. However, uh, the request was evaluated according to standards contained in the Comprehensive Plan Code of Ordinances and State Law.

00:36:07,570	Uh staff have noted that the plan overlay district will be identical to the standard residential manufactured housing district, with the exception of some shorter setbacks adjacent to the private access ways, as well as public rights of way, as well as a smaller square footage of a recreation area for the development. Um, the development is within an older area of Bismarck, with smaller lots and blocks that make redevelopment difficult.

00:36:29,700	Um, this adjustment, uh, these adjustments are necessary in order to permit a similar amount of different sized new units on the smaller property. Uh, the current license for that manufactured home park has 48 units listed. Uh, that’s not proposing to change with this update. Uh, included for those new units.

00:36:49,970	Um, as a result of all findings contained in the staff report, City of Bismarck staff find that the proposed request would not adversely impact the public health, safety, and general welfare and is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan Code of Ordinances and State Law. Therefore, staff recommends approval of the Zoning Map amendment from the R.M.. Residential Manufactured Housing District to the R.M.

00:37:13,530	Residential Manufactured Housing District with a plan overlay district on lots one through 24, block 49 and part of block 56. Governor Pierce edition. Do you have questions? Commissioners? Questions for Lauren. Commissioner Winkler. Are these intended to be owner occupied, or are they going to be rental units? Uh, thank you, Commissioner Wangler, chair, commissioners.

00:37:44,430	Um, just based on discussions with the property owner, um, the the property owner would still own the the land. Um, he does intend to, to, um, sell the units themselves, though. Okay, commissioners, additional questions for Lauren. Lauren, I have a question for you. There is another piece of ground, which is kitty corner to this particular location.

00:38:14,430	And it was also, uh, a site for, uh, trailer park before. Do you know anything about that? Is it by the same owner? Uh, is it going to be part of this? I thank you for that question, Commissioner. Or Chair Schwartz and commissioners.

00:38:34,100	So, uh, just based on some discussions, I know that’s not part of this request currently. I know they are looking to update that area as well, but no formal plans have been submitted. Uh, at this time. So. Okay.

00:38:53,300	And one follow up question is just to make sure that I understand is you said that, uh, it was originally 48 units and it is staying at 48 units. Uh, thank you again, chair Schwartz and Commissioners. So the current license that the city has on file for this, uh, does have it listed with 48 units for that site.

00:39:14,100	Um, it was likely different at other points when that license was updated. Um, but currently it’s at 48. They’re proposing to keep it at 48 units. Um, the units will just be updated with new new ones. I believe there are two units that will be staying the same on the site, and those should be identified within that exhibit that’s included in the packet. Okay. Thank you. Lauren. Yep.

00:39:36,530	Any additional questions? Commissioner Schell? Lauren. One of the I guess exceptions in the pod is the setback from a public right of way to ten feet, I guess maybe.

00:39:59,430	Can you speak to what the typical would be and maybe the justification of why the ten foot is appropriate in this instance, or why, why, why staff’s recommending approval with with the less than what is in the ordinance for setback from a public right of way. Uh, thank you, Commissioner Schell chair. Commissioners. So in the ordinance, it’s currently 20ft.

00:40:22,630	Is that, um, setback from public rights of way? Um, with this being in that older area of Bismarck and those smaller lots and blocks and, and typical development being on the smaller side, um, in order to, I guess, maintain the, the current density that we’ve seen. And that would have likely been permitted in the past in this area. Um, those shorter setbacks, um, were felt as being comfortable by staff.

00:40:48,570	If I may add, it does not appear that there are any direct driveways from the public roadways that would go to one of the sites that the building location would be a influenced by, by needing a driveway or a 20 foot of driveway or whatever that might be on their property with that.

00:41:04,600	Does that play into this at all as well? Uh, thank you, Commissioner Schell. Yes it does. Typically in our ordinance, um, we require 20ft in front of a garage face, um, which is likely why that portion in the zoning code was placed at 20ft.

00:41:28,230	Um, as you’re as you, uh, provided in your comment just now, there there’s no direct access from any of the the public rights way on North 25th, North 26th. They are or Broadway for any direct driveway access to any of the parking pad sites. Um, the the only access per se is through those access lanes, which are private. Okay. Thank you Lord. Thank you, Commissioner Schell commissioners. Commissioner Swanson.

00:41:51,530	Uh. Thank you. Um, Lauren, you mentioned that uh, staff had expressed concerns about the availability of on street parking on North 2020 sixth Street. Um, well, what was was staff’s, um, satisfied with the building of the parking, or did it go beyond the concern for the on street parking there? What what was the remedy?

00:42:14,000	I thank you for that comment. Uh, in question, Commissioner Swanson chair. Commissioners. So, yes, staff did have a meeting regarding, uh, parking questions and concerns just to make sure, um, everything was discussed prior to the meeting.

00:42:40,170	Um, engineering has noted that there, as well as members from the police department that there some issues sometimes with the intersections there, uh, adjacent to 26th Street, um, at this time, I don’t believe there’s any plans to remove parking from that western portion, but they have looked at expanding that site. Triangle area. Um, just to help with that visibility. Commissioners, additional questions. I’m not seeing or hearing any. Lauren. Thank you. Thank you.

00:43:11,130	This is a public hearing. And with that, I’ll open the podium to either the request or a representative. And I see Landon is stepping up. So thank you. Chair. Schwartz. Yes. Land and Swenson engineering, uh, representing the applicant on this. Um, yeah.

00:43:28,830	Just a few notes to bring in to what Lauren already presented with. You know, the goal here is everybody has probably been to this area. It’s in need of some improvements. And, uh, having the pod district here and having these meetings with the city gives us that opportunity to bring in some new units, give to some of the older ones that are really beyond what,

00:43:44,230	what the building inspection department would even allow it to be, to be remodeled and repaired. So basically a fresh start for this area. Um, as was mentioned before with the parking, internal parking areas for all those internal units, they’ll have direct access off of that in addition to some

00:43:57,500	side street parking. Um, even with not including 26th Street as sort of a parking area, even though there are parking space there, but not even including that in our parking coverage, we still meet the ordinance. And actually a little bit beyond it.

00:44:12,070	We add in those 26th street spaces that are not technically allowed in arterial street or to be counted, but they do provide parking spaces. Um, you know, additionally, this gives us a shot to bring in a park here that didn’t exist before, just generally help this neighborhood out a little bit.

00:44:25,370	Um, you had mentioned before the other project to the to the northwest of here, that sort of kitty corner in the area we are looking at as well. Not sure which way that will go, but there will be some improvements planned for that as well. Um, but I can certainly answer any questions if you have them. Commissioners questions for Landon. High Commissioner Wangler.

00:44:41,870	I’ve noticed on that property they’re erecting fences. Um, do those fences get out of that 25 foot sight triangle? Because if if the fence comes to the front of the building, you know, and I’m talking about the 14 by 42 foot units, uh, on the east side of the property.

00:45:15,070	So on 26th Street, um, they’ve got the fences up or those fences coming to the front of the housing unit, or are they going to be set back enough that they don’t impair that triangle? Commissioner Wangler uh, that’s a good question. I will have to look into that. Typically, the city wouldn’t allow us to have fencing in that site triangle.

00:45:32,130	Later. We will take a look at that and verify. Thank you. Commissioner Wangler commissioners. Commissioner Schell. Chair. I could add a little bit to that. Commissioner Wangler I think that fence actually was identified as as it was being constructed as being in the site triangle.

00:45:46,500	Um, so we’ve we’ve been working with the landowner on how to remedy that is either remove it so it’s out of the site triangle. But ultimately they could also lower the fence so that it’s just not impactful for the line of sight.

00:45:58,370	You can still have a three foot high fence, and you’ll see those fences that might go to the property corner other places in town. They just kind of stair step themselves down to a lower elevation so you can see around them to see the vehicles. Thank you. Commissioner Schell commissioners. Additional questions for Landon Landon.

00:46:18,570	How many units I drove through there this afternoon? And, uh, because I wanted to take a look and see where things were at. And, uh, I noticed there’s still a number of trailers in there. Things have not been totally vacated. How many of those are going to stay? How many are going to go? Thank you, chair Schwartz.

00:46:33,170	So the intent is to three units would remain that are that are occupied right now and the rest would be all new units coming in. Okay. Is there space allowed for garages in in this new configuration. We have not allowed space for garages.

00:46:48,200	There will be individual parking spaces, uh, spaces set aside for the ones that are on the interior, and the remainder will be street parking. And of course, along the access road itself. I noticed that there are some garages there. What’s going to happen to the garages that are there? Most likely those garages would also be demoed or or relocated. Okay.

00:47:06,100	Is there and I, I apologize, I’ve there were so many questions as I was driving through, but I noticed there’s a number of walls. Are those walls being constructed now or were they there originally. So there there’s a mix. Some of the walls that have always been there.

00:47:21,730	Some of them are being relocated and manipulated in a way so that we can fit in these units in a in a more productive manner. Straighten some things out a little bit, and still be able to handle any kind of stormwater runoff issues. Okay. All right. Thank you.

00:47:33,500	Um, just as a comment, you know, it was it was my hope. Um, I know in past times, uh, that’s been kind of a rough area. And I would sure like to see something better done with it. So, um, improvements would be wonderful. Yeah. Thank you, Dr. Schwartz. I believe with the with the newer units.

00:47:51,130	And you’re going to get, uh, some improvements to the neighborhood as well. Thank you. Commissioners, additional questions for Landon. I’m not seeing you’re hearing any. Landon. Thank you. Thank you. With that, the podium is open for others that would care to address this agenda item. And I’m not seeing or hearing anyone.

00:48:15,800	So with that I’m going to close the public hearing. Uh, Lauren, any additional comments? Not at this time, Jerry. Thank you. All right. Thank you. With that, commissioners, uh, this is a request for a zoning map. Amendment staff’s recommendation is to approve. What are your wishes? And move to approve as presented. We have a motion to approve from Commissioner Wangler.

00:48:47,570	Second, we have a second from Commissioner Sivak. Commissioners. Any additional discussion? Or thoughts or anything like that? And I guess I’m not seeing or hearing any. So with that, uh, Sarah, would you please call the roll. Commissioner Taylor? Yes. Sivak. Yes. Johnson. Yes. Swanson. Yes. Wangler. Yes. Schell. Yes. Chair. Schwartz. Yes. The motion is approved.

00:49:20,030	With that, we’ll move on to item D in our regular agenda, which is Elkridge fourth edition update. And I believe Daniel is going to provide us with staff report. Good evening chair, planning zoning commission. Uh, this is another request from staff from the planning department for a zoning map amendment for the Land Development Code.

00:49:37,630	Zoning districts from the a agricultural district to the city’s residential, suburban and OS open space zoning districts for Elkridge, fourth edition. Uh, it’s a northwest Bismarck, uh, between North Washington street and River road. Uh, west of Tyler Parkway and north of Frisco Way.

00:49:57,370	As you can see on the screen, uh, the same story as the one the Adam before the last. The agenda item, uh, this is approved prior to the land development Code, but not effective until after, uh, so it did not get included in the new zoning map. And it’s in its current form at least. Uh, so the districts of SES are roughly equivalent to the AR ten.

00:50:15,130	Uh, the OS district is a is a stormwater pond that would be dedicated on the on the west side of the plat. The, uh, there’s no special conditions or plan overlay district on this one. Unlike the previous one, the, uh, the same process was followed for public notification. The sign was placed in October.

00:50:32,030	August 3rd. Uh, the Tribune published the legal ad on August 6th and 13th and 31 postcards were mailed on August 7th. Uh, so, based on the findings that are in your staff report, uh, staff does recommend approval of the zoning map amendment, uh, from the zoning districts of a agricultural, uh, to the Sears

00:50:49,330	residential, suburban and os open space zoning districts for Elkridge fourth edition. Commissioners. Questions for Daniel. I’m not seeing you’re hearing any, Daniel. Thank you. With that. This is a public hearing. So I will open the podium to either the requester or a representative to speak to this agenda item. And I’m not seeing anybody stepping up.

00:51:16,900	So with that, I will open the podium to anyone that would care to address this agenda item. And nobody is stepping up. So with that, I’m going to close the public hearing commissioners. This is a request. Uh, and Daniel, any additional comments? No thank you. All right. Thank you.

00:51:37,470	With that, this is a request for a zoning map. Amendment staff’s recommendation is to approve. What are your wishes? Move to approve. We have a motion to approve from Commissioner Johnson. Second, a second from Commissioner Sivak. Any additional discussion? Commissioners. Commissioner Schell, Maybe just a question for Daniel.

00:52:05,700	Were there any other of these situations that kind of got lost in the shuffle in terms of zoning to be done after a plat for the plat wasn’t recorded or anything else to be expected in the future? Or is this kind of the end of these. Chair? Commissioner Schell these are the only two. Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner Schell. Any additional discussion? Commissioners? I’m not seeing or hearing any.

00:52:25,300	With that, I’m going to, uh, there is a motion on the table to approve. Uh, Sarah, would you please call a roll. Commissioner Johnson? Yes. Taylor. Yes. Wangler. Yes. Schell. Yes. Sivak. Yes. Swanson. Yes. Schwartz. Yes. A motion is approved.

00:52:47,900	With that, we move on to item E in our regular agenda, which is Centennial Park, fourth edition, block one, lot four, and Lauren is going to provide us with the staff report. Uh, good evening again, chair Schwartz and commissioners, Thiele properties LLP is requesting approval of a zoning map amendment from the commercial Mixed Use zoning District to the CG Commercial General Zoning District on lot four, block one, Centennial Park, fourth edition, um.

00:53:16,100	The project area is located in northeast Bismarck between Interstate 94 and Trenton Drive at the south termini of Colonial Drive and Berkshire Drive. Um. This property was zoned CG commercial under the current zoning code, which is effective until October 1st.

00:53:36,830	Um, the Lane Development Code and Associated Zoning map, which were adopted by the City Commission in May, will become effective on October 1st. The property will change to commercial mixed use on that effective date. Um, the property owner who owns Cedric Thiele to the west, prefers having that by right ability.

00:53:56,070	Under the current zoning code to extend the vehicle sales, um, to this property in the future. If they need to expand. Um. However, under that commercial mixed use zoning district, a use permit rather than by. Right, um, uh, allowable city would be required to conduct, uh, vehicle sales and would need to be put into effect within two years of approval.

00:54:19,770	The CG commercial general zoning district in the Land Development Code permits vehicle sales by right. Um, the public was notified of this request via publications in the Bismarck Tribune on August 6th and 13th, and 16 postcards were mailed to the owners of nearby properties.

00:54:43,100	On August 7th, a physical sign, um, providing more information on that property project was placed at the project location on August 3rd, as well. Uh staff have received one phone call looking for additional information about their request. However, a formal public comment wasn’t received. Uh, the request was evaluated according to standards contained within the Comprehensive Plan Code of Ordinances and relevant State law.

00:55:04,030	Uh, as a result of all those findings contained in the staff report, City of Bismarck staff find that the proposed zoning map amendment would not adversely impact the public health, safety, and general welfare and is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan Code of Ordinances in state law.

00:55:23,770	Therefore, staff recommends approval of the Zoning Map amendment from the Commercial Mixed Use Zoning District to the CG Commercial General Zoning District on lot four, block one, Centennial Park, fourth edition. Do you have any questions? Commissioners questions for Lauren. Commissioner Schell. Uh, Lauren, I know the intention. Or the owner or the applicant’s intention is to just have the ability to do, um, car sales in that site.

00:55:47,570	But what are some of maybe the other uses that may be allowed by right then that we should also be taking into consideration with this proposed change? Uh, thank you, Commissioner or Commissioner? Schell chair, commissioners. Um, so the the CG commercial General zoning district is the land development code equivalent to our current CG district.

00:56:10,670	It’s that higher intensity commercial, um, district that allows some of those heavier commercial uses, um, multifamily would also be allowed there, but lower density single family, two family, um townhouses would not be permitted. Um. I’m sorry you caught me off on that one.

00:56:39,430	Um, some of those higher intensity, uh, commercial uses, uh, would be some of the, um, larger scale retail uses, office uses, um, other similar items like that. Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner Schell. Additional questions for Lauren. I’m not seeing hearing any. Lauren. Thank you. Thanks. This is a public hearing. And with that, I will open the public hearing is either the requester or a representative here to speak to the agenda item. Good evening.

00:57:15,970	I’m Cedric. Thiele. Um, been in the car business in town here for many years, and we have. Um. We bought this lot probably 20 some years ago. It’s been CG and we’ve been using it. It’s leased by Cedric Thiele, Toyota. Um, with me as Justin Thiele. He’s actually the principal owner now. Cedric Thiele, Toyota.

00:57:42,030	And, um, we need the land for expansion. I don’t have to tell you how Bismarck is grown. And and I was happy to find out that Toyota grew an awful lot, and we, um, bought this land many years ago from the late Frank Babb and Dick. And just for this reason, we have been using it in the past.

00:58:04,930	Um, overflow inventory. And but we always have to have our options open because we know Toyota’s growing. We know the city is growing. It could be a, um, an expansion in our body shop that we need to move our body shop out.

00:58:20,930	It might be in lube area, it might be in used cars. It might be just in storage. We don’t have any immediate plans, but it is under lease. Um, by Cedric Thiele Toyota now. So I’m basically here to just Answer any questions you might have, and if you have anything to do with the Toyota part of the business, then Justin is.

00:58:41,230	Here. Commissioners. Questions for Cedric. Cedric, I have a question for you. So it’s going to be more it’s more than just a, uh, a big car lot, right? There’s a potential for buildings that are going to go, you know, for different. Correct.

00:59:03,570	It’s a potential for us to grow whether we need more service or expand that way. And our building, uh, Toyota could come to us someday and say, look, we’re adding heavy duty trucks, but we want a separate facility or, you know, who knows? Uh, it won’t be in my lifetime, but maybe they’d come in and say, uh, we’re going to give you a Lexus.

00:59:23,300	Uh, but we have to have it next to your building, and, and, uh, so it’s strictly for expansion. Uh, and we do use it when we have more inventory. It’s been short inventory since Covid, but before that, we were using it quite a bit. And snow removal and for everything else.

00:59:46,430	But it’s basically with our investment out there and the way that area has grown, we do need that to be, um, that same zoning so we can turn around to Toyota and say, yes, we can do this without having to go through plans and this and that.

01:00:08,830	So basically, it’s protection for us and we’re hope we’re good neighbors out there for everybody out there. Thank you. I drove by today and I noticed all the vehicles lined up along the side of the property there, and I can see where you’re probably going to need some more space. Hopefully within a year, we’re going to need more space for waiting for more inventory all the time.

01:00:26,270	Thank you. Uh, Commissioner Schell. Thank you. Chair. Mr. Thiel, was there a reason that the concept of keeping it as the zoning, but then getting the special use permit and putting it into effect to to do what you’re saying you want to do with the land was not that was not the path that you chose.

01:00:45,500	Can maybe just illuminate that for us. Why did we do what? So you’re asking for a zoning change because you want to be able to have conduct vehicle sales on this property.

01:01:03,630	But there’s another path that could have got you that same intended result of keeping the zoning the way it is, but asking for the special use permit so that you could conduct vehicle sales on that property. So it sounds like you’re already doing that currently or to some extent now. Anyway, was there a reason that that wasn’t. Well, you’re saying when they made the change, um.

01:01:20,770	I guess maybe maybe my, my the background on this is that you may intend to do vehicle sales on this property, but zoning it to CG also gives you the ability or whoever the owner would be, to sell it and do anything else that might be available to CG. So that unknown component is what my hesitation would be.

01:01:36,900	So if there was a path that got you what you wanted, that didn’t open up a thousand other things, potentially. I was just wondering why that wasn’t explored more, more diligently. We didn’t know it was changing. For one thing, when, you know, we sat back and we have a lot, uh, adjacent to this one to the east, which got changed.

01:01:54,930	See? Is that what it is? And, um, we have it listed for sale, and, um, the realtor brought it to our attention. That about the zoning issues. And we really had no idea anything had changed. Uh, if that answers your question, we just we just want to roll along the same way we were.

01:02:17,500	We just needed for expansion, and. And we don’t have any particular plans to do anything different with it than what we’re doing right now. But we do need the zoning. Okay. Thank you. Yep. Thank you. Commissioner Schell. Commissioners, any additional questions for Cedric.? And Justin is here. Um, he’s. In case you have a question about a Toyota, he can answer it.

01:02:45,100	Put him on the hot seat. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much. With that, the podium is open for others that would care to address this agenda item. And I’m not seeing or hearing anyone. So with that, I’m going to close the public hearing. This is a zoning map amendment request.

01:03:09,270	Um, and really, I guess, Lauren, I should ask you if you have any additional comments. No additional comments. All right. Thank you. So it’s a request for a zoning map amendment. And staff’s recommendation is to approve commissioners. What are your wishes? Move to approve. We have a motion to approve from Commissioner Johnson. Second, we have a second from Commissioner Sivak.

01:03:36,000	Any additional discussion? Commissioners. Commissioner Schell. I know staff noted it, but maybe just one more time, just so I can remember, this property was zoned CG under the current zoning was proposed to be that as actually hasn’t happened yet until October.

01:03:55,630	Um, so any of the adjacent landowners to purchase property north of here knew that this was CG to the cell. So I guess I feel comfortable with the fact that this isn’t a wholesale change. This is what it really is currently. Even right now, it’s just we’re kind of short cutting that before it changes to something else. So I’m supportive of the the motion. Thank you for your comments, commissioners.

01:04:12,700	Any additional comments or thoughts? Not seeing or hearing any Sarah would you please call the roll. Commissioner Schell? Yes. Johnson. Yes. Swanson. Yes. Wangler. Yes. Sivak. Yes. Taylor. Yes. Chair. Schwartz. Yes. A motion is approved. We are on to item F in our regular agenda, which is update to title 14.

01:04:38,830	1 Stormwater Management. And Daniel is going to provide us with this evening’s report. Good evening again, chair, planning zoning commission. Uh, this is an ordinance amendment to title 14.1 of the city’s Code of Ordinances. Uh, it is being requested by both the planning department and the engineering department. This relates to stormwater management. Uh, in the city.

01:04:57,030	Uh, the Planning Commission does have a role in reviewing title 14.1. When this was created, I think it was nine years ago. You did review that, and I recommended approval to the city commission.

01:05:11,370	Uh, so it’s a bit of a it’s part of the zoning and subdivision ordinance, but it’s also not at the same time. Um, we’ve involved you in this process for that reason. The, um, just a little outline of the changes, really. The intent here is to align it with the changes that you’ve already approved and the land development code.

01:05:26,500	Um, there’s a few other things we noticed as we we looked at it over this last few months. Uh, the draft does update the state agency that that oversees stormwater. It was the Department of Health. Now it will be, uh, it is department environmental quality. Water quality division.

01:05:48,700	Uh, we did change the the the definition of small scale, uh, construction sites to align with the land development code scale of including townhouses. Now, uh, whereas previously I think it was just single family and two family. The, um, and in a lot of the procedural language are related to site plans and subdivisions, sort of the trigger points where stormwater is invoked, uh, is changes to align with the land development code.

01:06:08,770	Uh, and finally, there was some more staff discretion given over the submittal of certification reports. So after a project is completed, uh, really, it’s only necessary for certain types of projects. And the city engineer would now have the ability to decide whether it’s necessary or not.

01:06:26,370	Uh, the there are a couple of changes that are on your screen here that we’ve noticed since this has been released in the staff report, so I’d like to bring them to your attention. We think it’ll clarify some of the items a little. Uh, you’ll see on page one, this is related to the definition of certification report.

01:06:43,270	Uh, the draft that’s in your packet, still includes the word required. Um, in that definition, uh, and notice it actually twice that it would be required, uh, whereas later in the draft, it’s not necessarily required. It may be required. Uh, so we would suggest changing the definition as well to, to be more consistent with what, uh, states later.

01:07:03,770	Uh, if you want to go to the next, um, change as well. This is another just simple, uh, oversight. There were a number of references to the Department of Environment, Department of Health that were changed to or missed. And so we would suggest changing those as well as the Department of Environmental Quality.

01:07:21,630	Uh, with that said, um, and based on the findings of, uh, containing the staff report, we do recommend approval of title 14.1, and we would then carry that on to the city commission, if you choose to do so. Thank you. Commissioners, questions for Daniel. I’m not seeing or hearing any Daniel. Thank you. Thanks. This is a request for a public hearing.

01:07:46,770	So with that, I’m going to open the public hearing. And, uh, invite anyone that’s left here to step up to the podium if they would like to address this agenda item. And I am not seeing anybody stepping up. So with that, I’m going to close the public hearing.

01:08:08,670	Uh, Daniel, any other comments? Uh, no. Only just a reminder if you do wish to include those changes because they weren’t included in the packet. If someone were to note that in a motion, that would be helpful. Okay. That sounds good. All right. Um, commissioners, this is a request for a zoning ordinance. Text amendment with some additional changes.

01:08:29,600	Uh, staff’s recommendation is to approve. What are your wishes? I’ll move to approve. We have a motion to approve from Commissioner Swanson. Do we have to say what. Those conditions. Do? We need to be specific, Daniel, as far as the conditions. I’d prefer to have that in the minutes shown that way. Or as presented by staff.

01:08:56,670	As presented in the present. Yeah, sure. Okay. I would move to approve as presented by staff. All right. Thank you, Commissioner Swanson. Second, and we have a second from Commissioner Sivak. Any additional discussion? Commissioners? I’m not seeing or hearing any with that. Sarah, would you please call roll? Commissioner Wangler. Yes. Commissioner Sivak? Yes. Johnson. Yes. Swanson. Yes.

01:09:26,000	Schell. Yes. Taylor. Yes. Schwartz. Yes. The motion is approved. With that, we’ll move on to other business commissioners. Are there any other, uh, business items we need to address for this evening? And I don’t think there is.

01:09:47,370	So with that, um, our next scheduled meeting is for September 23rd, 2026 at 5 p.m.. Uh, with that, I’ll again the adjourned the meeting. And thank you for your